Only don’t rebel against the Lord, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land, for we will devour them. Their protection has been removed from them, and the Lord is with us. Don’t be afraid of them!”

So now, don’t let Hezekiah deceive you, and don’t let him mislead you like this. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my power or the power of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my power!’”

Don’t let the archer string his bow;
don’t let him put on his armor.
Don’t spare her young men;
completely destroy her entire army!

“Don’t, my brother!” she cried. “Don’t humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Don’t do this horrible thing!

Don’t set foot on the path of the wicked;
don’t proceed in the way of evil ones.

Don’t let your mouth speak dishonestly,
and don’t let your lips talk deviously.

Don’t let your heart turn aside to her ways;
don’t stray onto her paths.

Don’t rob a poor man because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed at the gate,

Don’t make friends with an angry man,
and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered man,

Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread,
and don’t desire his choice food,

Don’t move an ancient boundary marker,
and don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

Wicked man, don’t set an ambush,
at the camp of the righteous man;
don’t destroy his dwelling.

Don’t gloat when your enemy falls,
and don’t let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,

Don’t be agitated by evildoers,
and don’t envy the wicked.

Don’t testify against your neighbor without cause.
Don’t deceive with your lips.

Don’t brag about yourself before the king,
and don’t stand in the place of the great;

Don’t boast about tomorrow,
for you don’t know what a day might bring.

Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend,
and don’t go to your brother’s house
in your time of calamity;
better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

Don’t be excessively righteous, and don’t be overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

Don’t be excessively wicked, and don’t be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

Just as you don’t know the path of the wind,
or how bones develop in the womb of a pregnant woman,
so you don’t know the work of God who makes everything.

Then Balak told Balaam, “Don’t curse them and don’t bless them!”

On that day he will cry out, saying:
“I’m not a healer.
I don’t even have food or clothing in my house.
Don’t make me the leader of the people!”

“Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.

Hear this,
you foolish and senseless people.
They have eyes, but they don’t see.
They have ears, but they don’t hear.

Don’t go out to the fields;
don’t walk on the road.
For the enemy has a sword;
terror is on every side.

But as for the rest of you, don’t stay there. Pursue your enemies and attack them from behind. Don’t let them enter their cities, for the Lord your God has handed them over to you.”

After returning to Joshua they reported to him, “Don’t send all the people, but send about 2,000 or 3,000 men to attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, don’t wear out all our people there.”

Pour out Your wrath on the nations
that don’t recognize You
and on the families
that don’t call on Your name,
for they have consumed Jacob;
they have consumed him and finished him off
and made his homeland desolate.

Because of Your name, don’t despise us.
Don’t disdain Your glorious throne.
Remember Your covenant with us;
do not break it.

“For this is what the Lord says: Don’t enter a house where a mourning feast is taking place. Don’t go to lament or sympathize with them, for I have removed My peace from these people”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“as well as My faithful love and compassion.

Let my persecutors be put to shame,
but don’t let me be put to shame.
Let them be terrified, but don’t let me be terrified.
Bring on them the day of disaster;
shatter them with total destruction.

This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Don’t exploit or brutalize the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Don’t let your prophets who are among you and your diviners deceive you, and don’t listen to the dreams you elicit from them,

Don’t be afraid of the king of Babylon whom you now fear; don’t be afraid of him’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘because I am with you to save you and deliver you from him.

The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, don’t do this evil, my brothers. After all, this man has come into my house. Don’t do this horrible thing.

Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Don’t go and gather grain in another field, and don’t leave this one, but stay here close to my female servants.

Samuel replied, “Don’t be afraid. Even though you have committed all this evil, don’t turn away from following the Lord. Instead, worship the Lord with all your heart.

and said to him, “My lord, don’t hold me guilty, and don’t remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.

So they called out to the Lord: “Please, Yahweh, don’t let us perish because of this man’s life, and don’t charge us with innocent blood! For You, Yahweh, have done just as You pleased.”

Don’t announce it in Gath,
don’t weep at all.
Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.

So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tuck your mantle under your belt, take my staff with you, and go. If you meet anyone, don’t stop to greet him, and if a man greets you, don’t answer him. Then place my staff on the boy’s face.”

If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart to honor My name,” says Yahweh of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. In fact, I have already begun to curse them because you are not taking it to heart.

Don’t let the floodwaters sweep over me
or the deep swallow me up;
don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me.

Pour out Your wrath on the nations
that don’t acknowledge You,
on the kingdoms that don’t call on Your name,

As soon as the angels got them outside, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Don’t look back and don’t stop anywhere on the plain! Run to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

Reuben also said to them, “Don’t shed blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him”—intending to rescue him from their hands and return him to his father.

David answered Gad, “I’m in anguish. Please, let me fall into the Lord’s hands because His mercies are very great, but don’t let me fall into human hands.”

David said to God, “Wasn’t I the one who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted very wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? My Lord God, please let Your hand be against me and against my father’s family, but don’t let the plague be against Your people.”

Then you will succeed if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances the Lord commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or discouraged.

When the people saw that Moses delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, “Come, make us a god who will go before us because this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt—we don’t know what has happened to him!”

“Don’t be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.

They said to me, ‘Make us a god who will go before us because this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt—we don’t know what has happened to him!’

“If Your presence does not go,” Moses responded to Him, “don’t make us go up from here.

I have sought You with all my heart;
don’t let me wander from Your commands.

Then David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He won’t leave you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the Lord’s house is finished.

Make my steps steady through Your promise;
don’t let any sin dominate me.

Lord, don’t I hate those who hate You,
and detest those who rebel against You?

Answer me quickly, Lord;
my spirit fails.
Don’t hide Your face from me,
or I will be like those
going down to the Pit.

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,

My son, if sinners entice you,
don’t be persuaded.

my son, don’t travel that road with them
or set foot on their path,

My son, don’t forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commands;

Don’t consider yourself to be wise;
fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

Maintain your competence and discretion.
My son, don’t lose sight of them.

Don’t fear sudden danger
or the ruin of the wicked when it comes,

When it is in your power,
don’t withhold good from the one it belongs to.

Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go away! Come back later.
I’ll give it tomorrow”—when it is there with you.

Don’t plan any harm against your neighbor,
for he trusts you and lives near you.

Don’t accuse anyone without cause,
when he has done you no harm.

Don’t envy a violent man
or choose any of his ways;

for I am giving you good instruction.
Don’t abandon my teaching.

Get wisdom, get understanding;
don’t forget or turn away from the words of my mouth.

Don’t abandon wisdom, and she will watch over you;
love her, and she will guard you.

Hold on to instruction; don’t let go.
Guard it, for it is your life.

Avoid it; don’t travel on it.
Turn away from it, and pass it by.

But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom;
they don’t know what makes them stumble.

Don’t lose sight of them;
keep them within your heart.

Don’t turn to the right or to the left;
keep your feet away from evil.

So now, my sons, listen to me,
and don’t turn away from the words of my mouth.

Keep your way far from her.
Don’t go near the door of her house.

Don’t give sleep to your eyes
or slumber to your eyelids.

My son, keep your father’s command,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.

Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.

People don’t despise the thief if he steals
to satisfy himself when he is hungry.

Listen to instruction and be wise;
don’t ignore it.

Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;
rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Don’t those who plan evil go astray?
But those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.

Don’t you know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?

Look, God and His priests are with us at our head. The trumpets are ready to sound the charge against you. Israelites, don’t fight against the Lord God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.”

But as for you, be strong; don’t be discouraged, for your work has a reward.”

If you wonder: ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we don’t sow or gather our produce?’

Discipline your son while there is hope;
don’t be intent on killing him.

Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor;
open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat.

Don’t say, “I will avenge this evil!”
Wait on the Lord, and He will rescue you.

He is filled with craving all day long,
but the righteous give and don’t hold back.

Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,
who put up security for loans.

Don’t move an ancient boundary marker
that your fathers set up.

don’t desire his choice food,
for that food is deceptive.

Don’t wear yourself out to get rich;
stop giving your attention to it.